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Almost Made It: Bela Fleck Rarities & Live
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BTla Fleck is a virtuoso on the banjo. He is best known for his work with the band BTla Fleck and the Flecktones, with bassist Victor Wooten, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, and percussionist Future Man.BTla Anton Leos Fleck, who is named after famous Hungarian composer BTla Bart=k, was drawn to the banjo when he first heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for the television show Beverly Hillbillies. He studied the instrument under Tony Trischka.
Fleck played on the streets of Boston with bassist Mark Schatz, and the two, along with guitarist/vocalist Glen Lawson and mandolin great Jimmy Gaudreau, formed the band Spectrum. Fleck toured with Spectrum during 1981. That same year, Sam Bush asked Fleck to join New Grass Revival. Fleck performed with New Grass Revival for nine years. During this time, Fleck recorded another solo album, "Drive." It was nominated for a Grammy Award in the then first-time category of "Best Bluegrass Album" (1988).
Fleck names Chick Corea, Cha`rlie Parker, and the aforementioned Earl Scruggs as influences. He regards Scruggs as "certainly the best" banjo player of the three-finger style.
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I love his stuff. (Did not know that he was named after Bart=k.) Looking forward to checking this out.